Superbowl Trivia:
10. The first 2 Super Bowls were not called that. Name coined Super Bowl III.
9. The Super Bowl is broadcast in 25 languages.
8. ~43% – football. ~25% – commercials; 15% – hang out; 12% – halftime show.
7. Teams wearing white jerseys are 11-1 in the last 12 Super Bowls.
6. 92% of the adults who’ve bet on the Super Bowl have lost money doing so.
5. Fans will consume an estimated 1.33 billion chicken wings. (Forbes)
4. The Super Bowl Trophy is made by Tiffany’s and Co. and costs $25,000.
3. 1.5 million people will call in sick to work the Monday after the Super Bowl.
2. A 30-second ad in 1966 cost – $37,500. Today ~ $5 million.
1. In 2015, 47% of viewers were female. In 1966, Super Bowl I, it was just 34%.
The game plan that worked on paper doesn’t work as well in real life.
…for we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7 English Standard Version (ESV)
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in his cell. He struck and Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off his hands.
Acts 12:7(ESV)
Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon [Peter] and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
Mark 1:16-18 (ESV)
But he [Peter] denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.”
Luke 22:57 (ESV)
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter replied,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:15-16 (ESV)
God’s plans for us will always require that we see through eyes of faith.
The most unlikely situations often help us experience God through eyes of faith.
Where do you need to walk by faith, not by sight?